Szabolcs, Because the campaign is a search campaign, you won't be able to bid on placements. This is working as expected. If you'd like to add placements, you can use a Display campaign.
Thanks, Ray On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 10:09:55 AM UTC-4, Ray Tsang (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Szabolcs, > > Please send me the full request XML as well (in private). > > Thanks, > > Ray > > On Monday, July 7, 2014 5:49:41 PM UTC-4, Szabolcs Pal wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> While transitioning to the newest version of Adwords API (we are using >> Ruby on Rails) I saw a strange error with one of our tests: >> >> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> >> <soap:Header> >> <ResponseHeader xmlns=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402";> >> <requestId>yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy</requestId> >> <serviceName>AdGroupCriterionService</serviceName> >> <methodName>mutate</methodName> >> <operations>4</operations> >> <responseTime>721</responseTime> >> </ResponseHeader> >> </soap:Header> >> <soap:Body> >> <soap:Fault> >> <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> >> >> <faultstring>[CriterionError.CANNOT_SET_BIDS_ON_PLACEMENTS_IN_SEARCH_PLUS_CAMPAIGNS >> >> @ operations[3].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids]</faultstring> >> <detail> >> <ApiExceptionFault xmlns=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402";> >> >> <message>[CriterionError.CANNOT_SET_BIDS_ON_PLACEMENTS_IN_SEARCH_PLUS_CAMPAIGNS >> >> @ operations[3].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids]</message> >> >> <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type> >> <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >> xsi:type="CriterionError"> >> >> <fieldPath>operations[3].operand.biddingStrategyConfiguration.bids</fieldPath> >> <trigger></trigger> >> >> <errorString>CriterionError.CANNOT_SET_BIDS_ON_PLACEMENTS_IN_SEARCH_PLUS_CAMPAIGNS</errorString> >> <ApiError.Type>CriterionError</ApiError.Type> >> <reason>UNKNOWN</reason> >> </errors> >> </ApiExceptionFault> >> </detail> >> </soap:Fault> >> </soap:Body> >> </soap:Envelope> >> >> The operation hash with which I was getting this is: >> >> [ >> { >> :operator=>"ADD", >> :operand=> { >> :xsi_type=>"BiddableAdGroupCriterion", >> :criterion=> {:xsi_type=>"Keyword", :text=>"mars cruise", >> :match_type=>"BROAD"}, >> :bidding_strategy_configuration=> { >> :bids=>[{:xsi_type=>"CpcBid", :bid=>{:micro_amount=>"100000"}}] >> }, >> :ad_group_id=>16062902775} >> }, >> { >> :operator=>"ADD", >> :operand=> { >> :xsi_type=>"BiddableAdGroupCriterion", >> :criterion=> {:xsi_type=>"Keyword", :text=>"testing criteria", >> :match_type=>"BROAD"}, >> :bidding_strategy_configuration=> { >> :bids=>[{:xsi_type=>"CpcBid", :bid=>{:micro_amount=>"100000"}}] >> }, >> :ad_group_id=>16062902775 >> } >> }, >> { >> :operator=>"ADD", >> :operand=> { >> :xsi_type=>"NegativeAdGroupCriterion", >> :criterion=>{:xsi_type=>"Placement", :url=>"test3.google.com"}, >> :ad_group_id=>16062902775 >> } >> }, >> { >> :operator=>"ADD", >> :operand=> { >> :xsi_type=>"BiddableAdGroupCriterion", >> :criterion=>{:xsi_type=>"Placement", :url=>"test2.google.com"}, >> :bidding_strategy_configuration=> { >> :bids=>[{:xsi_type=>"CpcBid", :bid=>{:micro_amount=>"100000"}}] >> }, >> :ad_group_id=>16062902775 >> } >> } >> ] >> >> (The campaign containing the adgroup had the bid strategy type set >> to: MANUAL_CPC) >> (When I comment the last criterion the error disappears) >> >> There are two things I would want to check with you: >> 1. Somehow I couldn't find this error in the documentation, did I miss >> something or is it an undocumented error? >> 2. And more important: which implications will this have for our every >> days work? What is changed between v201309 and v201402 that I should >> implement in code too? >> >> Thanks, >> Szabolcs. >> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
